Educational
Resources
Singalong songs,
singing guides and
lesson plans for
primary schools
Six of the songs are available with just the orchestral track (no chorus vocals) for schools to download, free of charge, and use in conjunction with an educational package for their own assemblies and in-school productions, in which children sing along with the orchestra. Includes:
Lesson plans – detailed lesson plans are available to accompany six of the songs, providing creative and fun activities linking to the KS1 and 2 music curriculum, plus cross-curricular suggestions.
Song-learning videos – a package of videos with an animateur at a keyboard teaching the songs line by line. This is intended to empower teachers who lack confidence teaching music in the classroom and make it easy to teach the songs.
You can choose to use just the teaching videos or the lesson plans, or both. The package is designed to be flexible.
Using the resources in class
Lesson plans
Step 1 Read this Introduction to Lesson Plans
Step 2 Choose a song from the list below
Step 3 Download the lesson plan for your chosen song
Step 4 Listen to the full album track for your chosen song in class
Step 5 Teach your chosen activities from the lesson plan
Step 6 Use the Singalong Track to perform the song in class, put on your own mini-performance or sing in assembly, to create your own performance with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and soloists!
Song-learning videos
Step 1 Watch this quick introductory video, then choose a song from the list below
Step 2 Select the teaching video for your chosen song
Step 3 Use the video to learn the song in class
Step 4 Use the Singalong Track to sing the song in class, put on your own mini-performance or sing in assembly, to create your own performance with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and soloists!
Picture this!
If your child or class is inspired to draw or paint a picture while they listen to FIRE!, why not send in their masterpieces? We may be able to include them in a YouTube presentation of the show. Whether it's the flames, King Charles II, a big parmesan cheese or St Paul's Cathedral that catch the imagination, encourage them to get it on paper and send it to us!
Credits
These resources are provided for school children as a core feature of the FIRE! project, with great thanks to:
Laurel Lamb of the St Paul's Cathedal Choral Partnership Programme for the video singing guides
Richard Bristow for the lesson plans
Educational resources are generously supported by:
